With a membership of only around 100, it’s one of the most exclusive clubs on Earth. In fact, more people have been to outer space than have earned their way into this, the ultimate travel club. According to the United Nations there are 193 sovereign nations in the world. Welcome to the only podcast to bring you the stories from the dedicated few who’ve spent their lives on the singular quest of traveling to them all. Welcome, to Counting Countries. With your host, Ric Gazarian.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 8 days 18 hours 43 minutes
episode 53: Samer Kawar … has completed 145 UN countries, while marrying his passion for travel and architecture
Samer had managed to work full time as an architect as he chases 193.
episode 52: Frank Grosse-Oetringhaus … has created a list of 5,000 places in the world to visit
Frank has nearly visited the 5,000 places on his list which he makes him the best traveled person in terms of quality.
episode 51: Jeff Shea summited the Seven Summits, traveled to all 193 countries, and much more!
The seeds of travel were planted in Jeff’s head while listening to fictional stories of Polly and Poopsie as a child, and reading a book that prompted him to write down his goals.
episode 50: George Kashouh has summited the highest mountain on six of the seven continents!
Some people are chasing 193, others want to summit the seven highest summits on each continent, and some want to accomplish both.
episode 49: Babis Bizas - 193 countries ... and travels 300 days a year for several decades
Babis completed his quest for 193 in 2004, but has not slowed down at all.
episode 48: Artemy Lebedev - 193 countries ... and exploring over 1500 cities
Being a lazy workaholic propelled Artemy to become one of the world’s most traveled people.
episode 47: Jonny Blair - 113 countries ... a Northern Irishman in Poland
Jonny has been on the road for nearly a decade in a half and has covered a lot of ground. Jonny was inspired to travel by both ice cream and football. He sold ice cream as a kid and his coworkers hailed from 20 different countries, opening his eyes to the
episode 46: Tony Giles - 110 countries ... and blind and mostly deaf
Tony has a sense of adventure not rivaled by many
Special Report - Turmoil In The Travel Community - The William Baekeland Controversy
William Baekeland, a former guest, on Counting Countries is allegedly Jesse Simon Gordon. The travel community is alleging malfeasance on William’s part. William has been accused of being a con man who has been preying on members of the travel community
episode 45: James Asquith - 193 countries ... and Guinness World Record Holder
James is the current world record holder as the youngest person to travel to every country in the world according to the Guinness World Records